Hello friends and loving community 😍💕.
It’s another wonderful week here starting with this very first prompt of week 179, edition 01. And I hope we are all good enjoying well-being.
The oldest ever known saying we grew up with is “Love Your Neighbor As Yourself “. This the Bible admonished us on, which made many to believe that your next door neighbor is like a brother or sister hence we should see and treat them as one. But this saying has long seize to be seen this way because of how situations over time has continued to change people and their perspectives. Trusting those around us is becoming impossible
I am the kind of person that put so much effort in studying people before having something to do with them especially in a large compound where many people stays. You know this kind of environment where someone has to really want to mind there business so you don’t over-step your boundaries. Not that greeting your neighbor and once in a while stay together to discuss openly with them is not the ideal way to live together as neighbors, but I tell you, to be fore-warned is to be fore-armed.
What we don’t know as humans is that you can’t know people fully. You can never know people entirely and unless they are family, so trusting people fully outside my family is one thing am skeptical about. I have lived in many places with different kind of neighbors. Some proof to be good over time, while some behaves so nonchalantly but what I owe my neighbors is checking on them when they are sick, giving them emotional support when necessary. What I do not like is trying to over associate with my neighbors and not discussing private matters with them because personally I do love privacy.
And trying to live respectful is one thing I cherish so much in any compound I live and this has made me maintained my self respect because I have encountered so many problems earlier in some environments I lived. Some neighbors will want to live a lifestyle that is not pleasing and when you try to check them and correct them, they will take offense. So this has really made me to always want to stay away from some neighbors and create limited boundary.
And without asking myself if am the kind of neighbor anyone will want to live around with, I will practically say yes because that kind of person that does not poke nose in peoples affairs. Secondly, l like to respect myself in any environment am living to avoid having trouble with others. One thin I believe in is do unto others as you will want others to do to you. I love to give my best to people around me including my neighbors but one thing I don’t like is when a neighbor becomes a pain in the ass . Especially those who live loud and lousy. This kind of lifestyle puts me of around people..
And like I said in in the beginning, minding my business is very important to me because situations and circumstances has made people change from what they use to be. Neighbors are supposed to be like family like when we were growing up. Those days as kids you will mot even know who is a family or a neighbor because love was overflowing from parents . But many people are facing various kinds of problems these days, so you just have to mind yourself not to be insulted. Just try to know your neighbors but don’t involve in their private lives. Help out where you could and when you can which is our part to play as neighbors. This I see as the balance we need in living with others in one space and environment. But involving my family and children with a neighbor is what I don’t think I can do because I live a very private life.
But in all, being a good neighbor does not take much especially when we live among those that understands and respect us as we choose to also respect them.
This is my response to the #hivelearners featured content for week 179, edition 01, tagged “KNOW THY NEIGHBOR”.
Thanks for reading friends 😍💕
